one for the structural engineers...


according to bs 5950 if I've got an M16 bolt in a std. oversized hole (20mm dia) then the bearing strenth of the connected parts is 0.7* that of the std. clearance hole

....so what happens when you end up with a 22mm hole instead ?


I'm fairly sure its strong enough, but I cna't find anything in the codes to back this up yet
(and this customer will insist on seeing the calcs)

Help!

-Robert

Software engineer answer, buy some 22mm bolts and pretend you always intended them to be that size.
Not useful, but an easy way out potentially.

unfortunatly its a 22mm hole on one part (the correct size for an M20), but some numpty has made the hole in the other part too small

Fit a collar in the hole, bodger's answer.